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Zumba and Calories Burned?

actras
actras Posts: 3
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hello to everyone,

I recently started a Zumba class at a local gym and I was wondering if anyone knew a good way to figure out how many calories you burn within 60 monutes of intense Zumba?

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  • ChantalGG
    ChantalGG Posts: 2,404 Member
    https://sites.google.com/site/zumbacaloriesburnt/
    you can use that but if you are not sweating then it is not actuate or if you are crazy sweating you may have burned more. :)
  • Foxworth81
    Foxworth81 Posts: 124 Member
    Unfortunately, Zumba can burn a real variety of calorie levels. I've done Zumba for 9 months now under the instruction of 3 different teachers and their intensity levels are VERY different. I would suggenst getting a HRM watch. I am using a friend's ad she got it at walmart for around $40. Target also carries them. It's really the only way to accurately know what you're burning.
  • tigertchr23
    tigertchr23 Posts: 418 Member
    I usually average about 550-650 depending on which routines we end up doing. I wear a HRM to track it though. My teacher says people can burn between 500-1000.

    Best wishes! :flowerforyou:
  • zml_mom
    zml_mom Posts: 270 Member
    thanks for that zumba website, I have been miscalculating it for a while, cause according to that site I burn around 660 calories and the mid level and I usually put it as 350-400
    WOOHOOO
  • MyJourney11
    MyJourney11 Posts: 97
    I've burned anywhere from 500-1300 calories, but I was pretty big when I started. A HRM is your best bet.
  • veganjeanie
    veganjeanie Posts: 158 Member
    One of my Zumba classes is a very high intensity jumping all-out sweating class. I log that one as high impact aerobics. If I was to do one of the Zumba videos (which I don't anymore, boring and not much of a workout) I'd probably log it as low impact.
  • alex063287
    alex063287 Posts: 61 Member
    I agree, get a HRM watch. I have one and am so glad that I can see how much I am burning per workout. I take many zumba classes and all instructors are different which factors to how many calories you are burning. Another close exercise to Zumba in the database is Aerobics, high impact. I checked it to my HRM readings and it's very similar. I hope this helps.

    Also I don't think sweat depends on how much you burn. I honestly don't sweat a ton when I am working out but that doesn't mean I am slacking! I work myself hard during workouts to get the most out of them.
  • veganjeanie
    veganjeanie Posts: 158 Member
    How much you burn depends on your weight. As I've lost weight, the number of calories MFP gives me has gone down for my 1 hour of high impact aerobics. When I do an hour of martial arts, I might get 400 cals for it. When my husband does it, he'll get around 600 calories for 1/2 hr! Not fair... :)
  • jend114
    jend114 Posts: 1,058 Member
    https://sites.google.com/site/zumbacaloriesburnt/
    you can use that but if you are not sweating then it is not actuate or if you are crazy sweating you may have burned more. :)

    thanks for the site
  • actras
    actras Posts: 3
    Wow thanks for all the responses. I didn't even know what an HRm watch was until I looked it up because you guys mentioned it. Thanks! Does the watch actually tell you how many calories you burn?
  • zml_mom
    zml_mom Posts: 270 Member
    I never really sweat maybe a little on my forehead but never soaked in sweat, even though I am busting my butt I have never really been a sweater but I still burn the same amount of calories.
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